Information from a stun gun company, an anonymous tip and hours of surveillance paved the way for authorities to find a stolen 300-year-old Stradivarius violin in the attic of a Milwaukee home, police said Thursday.

The violin, crafted in 1715 and known as the Lipinski Strad, was on loan from an anonymous owner to Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article(309)

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ALL IS LOST (Lionsgate) Robert Redford in a one-person, mostly wordless drama about an older man who, while sailing solo, becomes stranded at sea. Redford gives a career-statement performance. Written and directed by J.C. Chandor. (PG-13; language) ★★★1/2| Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article

Here's where (and whether) you can watch this year's Oscar-nominated movies, with details on each movie's nominations in parentheses.

Coming soon to theaters near you: Marcus Theatres and AMC Theatres are both showing all nine best picture nominees in nightlong programs set for Feb. 22 and March 1. See their respective websites — marcustheatres.com and amctheatres.com — for details.| Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article

The San Francisco-based magazine tracks premium beer, wine and spirits products and curates brands along those lines daily. It chose MKE Brewing Co., as the Brewery of the Year but also noted its Polish Moon, Louie's Demise and O-Gii beers among the 150 best beers of the year. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article

Old Town Inn in Germantown, which closed in 2012, will again open to diners starting at 3 p.m. Friday, with the grand opening at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Old Town Inn, N116-W15841 Main St., was bought along with the neighboring Bier Stube by Chaz Hastings after its closure. The Bier Stube reopened in summer 2013, but work on repairing and remodeling the restaurant took longer than expected, at a cost of nearly $1 million. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

Steven Dietz's "Shooting Star," which opened Wednesday night at the Boulevard Theatre under David Oswald's direction, takes its title from a Bob Dylan song commemorating a lost someone who blazed brightly in one's life and then slipped away forever.

But on the long day and night in 2006 during which this play unfolds over 85 intermission-free minutes, nobody is flying anywhere. While we're in an airport terminal, a raging snowstorm has grounded all planes. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article

According to the film "The Invisible Woman," he was an actor, playwright, orator and celebrity, performing in and reading from his works on stage to packed theaters and recognized in the street. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article

What might have been a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" period romp through or "Inglourious Basterds"-style re-imagining of World War II-era themes is instead a nostalgic but lethargic ode to conventional star-driven and old-fashioned storytelling.

The real contribution of "The Monuments Men," co-written, co-starring and directed by George Clooney, is bringing to light the efforts of archivists, curators and historians — eight in the film but hundreds in real life — who worked to recover and protect paintings, sculptures and other works of art stolen by the Nazis, as the war in Europe raged around them. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article(2)

In the past year, while continuing to cash his biggest meal ticket as frontman of Phish on their regular cross-country arena and amphitheater-size outings (wrapping their Halloween shows with a live unveiling of their full forthcoming studio album), Anastasio also snagged a Tony nomination for the score he wrote for the Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody," and continued a series of orchestra collaborations around the United States. | Feb. 6, 2014»Read Full Article(1)